Dr. Lena Jäger

Biography

Lena Jäger's research interests lie at the intersection of linguistics, computational cognitive science, and machine learning. She investigates the cognitive mechanisms underlying human language processing through experimental psycholinguistics and computational modeling. Her work includes developing machine learning methods for the analysis of eye-tracking data to gain insights into the cognitive processes reflected in an individual's eye movement behavior. Lena completed her MA in Chinese Language and Culture at the University of Freiburg i.Br., Tongji University Shanghai, and Beijing Language and Culture University, followed by an MSc in Experimental Clinical Linguistics at the University of Potsdam. She obtained her PhD in Cognitive Science, with research focused on the computational and experimental investigation of cognitive mechanisms underlying human language processing from a cross-linguistic perspective. Additionally, she has completed research stays in Beijing, Dalian, and Taipei. Prior to joining the Department of Computational Linguistics at UZH in July 2020, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the CRC Limits of Variability in Language at the Department of Linguistics and subsequently in the Machine Learning Research Group at the Department of Computer Science, University of Potsdam. In 2020, she was granted a Machine Learning Junior Research Group at the University of Potsdam by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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